The Plague Edition

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Across
  1. 5. the act of hijacking a Zoom videocall
  2. 7. an unspecified day because of lockdown’s disorientating effect on time (blended slang word)
  3. 9. a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community or geographic area
  4. 11. Based in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency helps inform and co-ordinate international health efforts and has offices in 150 countries around the globe (blended slang word)
  5. 13. as the act of breaking up with someone over Zoom — or any other video conferencing platform (blended slang word)
  6. 14. a worldwide spread of an infectious disease, with larger reach than an epidemic
  7. 15. the urge or act of cutting one's own hair due to the closure of hair salons, or the act of taking on the role of a hair dresser for family members during this time (blended slang word)
  8. 18. the practice of maintaining greater space between oneself and others and/or avoiding direct contact with other people (2 wds)
  9. 19. the phrase used when we plot fewer and fewer Covid-19 cases on a graph (3 wds)
  10. 21. from Latin word meaning crown, describing the curious spikes on its surface,is a family of respiratory illnesses that can cause a range of symptoms
  11. 22. a biological preparation of organisms that provides immunity to a particular infectious disease. Currently, there is none for COVID-19
  12. 23. US leader in power during 2020 – rhymes with garbage dump (2 wds)
Down
  1. 1. the first individual infected with a disease during an epidemic (2 wds)
  2. 2. someone ignoring public health advice (blended slang word)
  3. 3. the name for slacks meant to be worn during essential errands, that are not pajamas or sweats (2 wds)
  4. 4. what the 'H' stands for in “WFH”
  5. 6. Cockney rhyming slang for Coronavirus (2 wds)
  6. 8. the name we will give the baby boom group due to the many couples stuck at home together during this plague
  7. 10. When you open your phone to read that one article your friend sent you and find yourself hours later, sucked into a hole of depressing news (blended slang word)
  8. 12. abbreviation for any gear worn by frontline workers to safeguard them and patients from disease. i.e. masks, goggles, gloves and gowns.
  9. 16. When a person tests positive for COVID-19, public health workers immediately track down all in recent proximity of that person such as other passengers on a plane, family, co-workers and acquaintances (2 wds)
  10. 17. rodent-like hoarding, or panic buying
  11. 20. online groups of people who work together to help people deal with changing work circumstances (blended slang word)